Volume 15, Number 3, Fall 2015 Price-Quality Ratios in Value-for-Money Awards ................................................ 275 P. Kiiver and J. Kodym Do Federal Davis-Bacon and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Regulations Affect Aggressive Bidding? Evidence from Highway Resurfacing Procurement Auctions ........................................... 291 K. C. Duncan E-Procurement …
Risks Associated with Performance Specifications in Highway Infrastructure Procurement S. S. Patil and K. R. Molenaar Matching Supply-Side Costs with Demand-Side Value in Procurement Auctions J. Chen Services Supply Chain in the United States Navy: An Empirical Study of Current Management Practices A. Apte, U. M. Apte and R. G. Rendon
The OECD Principles for Integrity in Public Procurement are a ground-breaking instrument that promotes good governance in the entire procurement cycle, from needs assessment to contract management. Based on acknowledged good practices in OECD and non-member countries, they represent a significant step forward. They provide guidance for the implementation of international legal instruments devel…
As Goverments search for the best ways to restyle their services, the e-government field continues to attract interest from public administrators, politicians, academics, and, citizens. As a result, new topics such as e-procurement have become core factors in public sector development by providing ways to better serve citizen and businesses in our digital economy.
Fourteen percent of the European Union's gross domestic product is accounted for by government or public utility works, supply, and service contracts. Yet in spite of its major importance for the European economy, public procurement remained for a long time one of the areas which benefited least from the creation of the internal market. Awarding contracts across borders was fraught with complic…
This book maps the latest developments in public procurement of innovation policy in various contexts and analyzes the evolution and development of the various policy solutions in broader institutional contexts. In doing so, it addresses significant theoretical and practical gaps: On the one hand, there is an emerging interest in public procurement as a policy tool for spurring innovation; yet …
Since the 1990s, government at all levels is under increasing pressure to do more with less. However, despite the U.S. government spending about 15 to 20 percent of its GDP on contracts for goods and services, there is a paucity of reference books for public procurement officials and very few textbooks for courses on the subject. Filling this void, the International Handbook of Public Procur…
This unique guide contains contributions from leading experts around the world who explain best practices in public procurement in their jurisdictions. In addition to 19 jurisdictional chapters by leading professionals, featured chapters include contributions on United Nations best practice, the European directives, how countries are fighting corruption in the field and how public-private partn…
In this book the author outlines those aspects of the public procurement regulations that are directly relevant to a bidder taking part in a procurement for the supply of public services and draws on his experience of advising on procurement in central government, local government and the NHS to reveal what actually happens in practice.